Williamstown is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 3,955 people and two associated neighborhoods, Williamstown is the 108th largest community in Kentucky.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Williamstown is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.28% of the Williamstown workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Williamstown is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Williamstown who work in office and administrative support (18.61%), teaching (8.27%), and management occupations (7.87%). The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Williamstown has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Williamstown a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small city, Williamstown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Williamstown citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.77% of adults 25 and older in Williamstown have a college degree. The per capita income in Williamstown in 2022 was $24,793, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,172 for a family of four. However, Williamstown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Williamstown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Williamstown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Williamstown include English, German, Irish, Polish, and French. The most common language spoken in Williamstown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Greek and Italian.
